Gordo

Long story short: Got a new set of tires (Eagle F1 Asymmetrics) and the car is handling really sloppy -- as if the sway bars were removed or something (Streetwerke says they're fine). I don't think the tires are the problem as they appear to be properly installed, but perhaps it's "something" the tire mechanic did to my car while he was supposedly replacing the tires -- as noted in the original thread, he appears to have taken it out for a quick joy ride before he changed my tires (though it's a week ago now and I can't prove much of anything at this point). Then again, maybe I'm just hypersensitive to handling differences. I was hoping that perhaps another B6S4 driver can tell me if there's anything obviously wrong with the way my car handles.

Other pertinent details:

* took it to Streetwerke in PA this morning -- they didn't find anything glaringly obvious given a cursory glance on the lift.
* asymmetric tire orientation is correct on all 4 wheels
* tire pressures double checked to be 40 all around.
* Have already put 250 commuting miles on car since tires were changed, so the manufacturing oil theory is unconvincing.
* other than brake pads and tires, everything is pretty much stock on the car.

* S4 forum thread: https://forums.audiworld.com/s4b6/msgs/441408.phtml

S4V8RCR

and then had to take them to the Audi dealer to have them balanced properly. They were a mess.

Check your lug nuts as well. Make sure they are torqued correctly.

Aidan's Daddy

to see if the handling improves. If not, then you can rule that possibility out. Not sure how you're gonna do that w/o paying for a new set of tires...unless you know someone who has an extra set of wheels/tires just laying around to do the swap.

Only other thing I could think of is check for leaks in the stock shocks. Not sure how many miles you have now, but maybe it's due for replacement. I'm close to 50K mi. and will be changing mine soon.

Gordo

Gonna have them rebalanced next week. Lug nuts have been checked already.

Gordo

I'm gonna start by getting the tires rebalanced, an alignment done and we'll see where we are with that.

S4V8RCR

I think there may also be a TSB on control arms. STFA.

Aidan's Daddy

My wife has an '02 Passat V6 4Mo and only has 39K mi. The OEM shocks lasted six years until we replaced them just last week. My S4 dampers will probably last a little longer, but I wanna replace them next month before doing alignment. For now, just have them check for leaks on your shocks. I've had that problem on a previous car, hope it's not the case w/ your S4.